Gratitude

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 * //Definitions://** quality or feeling of being
 * Thankful
 * Grateful
 * Acknowledgment

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 * "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." -Cicero [|WisdomQuotes.com]
 * Cicero explains that if you are thankful and grateful, it will help you acheive all of the other virtues.


 * "Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality." -Alfred Painter
 * Painter believes that showing true gratitude is more than just a physical aspect. Almost anyone can give a simple "thank you" without much meaning. A person who really holds the virtue will spiritually feel and acknowledge their gratefulness.


 * "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." -Buddha [|WisdomQuotes.com]
 * Though we don't often stop to consider them, there is always something worth being grateful for in life. Often we focus on what we don't have, without considering how lucky we are to just be alive.

This quote explains JFK’s interpretation of the virtue gratitude. He says that an individual should know only say what they are thankful for but also express it. For example don’t just tell your mother, “thank you for ironing my clothes.” Say thank you, and show your gratitude by also doing something she can be grateful, possibly ironing her clothes another day. Also Kennedy’s quote teaches people to walk the walk and talk the talk, basically do what you say.
 * “The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” ~John E. Southard http://www.quotegarden.com/gratitude.html
 * This quote is fairly self-explanatory. It is telling how it is much more important it is to return the favor of gratitude than it is to get even with those who have wronged you. It is not worth your time to get back at those who have wronged you, only to repay those who have helped you.
 * "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."- [|William Arthur Ward]
 * The quote expresses the importance of showing gratitude for things a person is grateful for having. If not shown, gratitude is rather much a waste; therefore, an individual must express gratitude.
 * "God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'" ~William A. Ward
 * Ward is saying how we should just take the time out to stop and think about what we are thankful for. We can't get too caught up in our everyday lives without realizing the little things that we are grateful for.
 * As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy

This quote expresses how Albert Schweitzer feels about gratitude. He compares gratitude to a flame that is rekindled by other people.
 * At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. - Albert Schweitzer

"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." Gladys Bronwyn Stern This quote expresses that if you do not voice your gratitude, it is useless because you need to let people know. One of the greatest gifts is being told "thank you."


 * "If the only prayer you say in life is thank you, that would suffice." -Meister Eckhart
 * This quote means that if you are respectful and show manners to those around you, the world would be great. Showing manners would be saying "thank you" after receiving something from someone else. This connects to gratitude because it explains the importance of being thankful.


 * Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. - Henry Ward Beecher (James E)
 * This quote tells of gratitude in a poetic, beautiful way which tells that gratitudye truly comes from the heart. (James E)

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy (James E)
 * This quote hints to the idea that if your actually thankful do not just say words but actually mean it. (James E)

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.- Buddha (John Guyer)
 * This shows that we should be thankful for not only material items but simply for the fact that we are still alive

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~Leroy Satchel Paige
 * Said by Leroy Satchel Paige, this quote means that you shouldn't show gratitude only when you're in a lot of trouble; you should show it everyday.
 * The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.-Eric Hoffer
 * This quote explains that the hardest thing to master for humans is to be appreciative of what they possess . Instead of being appreciative, always searching for more, not knowing that what they possess is a blessing of its own.
 * " Praise the bridge that carried you over." -George Colman
 * This quote explains the importance of being thankful. If a bridge did not take you over a body of water then you would not cross it. Thanking it will make it be there for you again. Thanking those who go out of their way for you, will make their day and your friendship.

-Margaret Cousins Margaret says that gratitude may not be the easiest thing to express or a person may not want to express gratitude. But, when it is said, the appreciation could effect someone else’s life.
 * “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

Edward Gibbon This quote is saying that anyone is capable of revenge. On the other hand gratitude “costs” something. Not every can get it and you have to work to get it. That implies that it is more important and valuable.
 * Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.


 * “ [|Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.] ” -William Arthur Ward
 * A person who is feeling gracious should tell those whom they are grateful for because there is no point in being grateful if you don't say so 


 * "Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
 * This quote says that if you want someone to help you again in the future, you must remember to thank them and show gratitude.

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." -Buddha

Gratitude, though one of the most important virtues, is often the one that is often overlooked. Amidst lives full of blessing and opportunity, especially with the gifts we have been granted as Americans, we have more to be grateful for than most ever realize. More than this, we have the greatest gift of all: life. Every breath you take is worth the entire fortune you may earn or lose in your lifetime. Are you using that breath wisely?

-Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give. -Edwin Arlington Robinson - i like this quote because it shows that you can get gratitude from both giving and receiving

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. -- Bhudda
 * This quote represents gratitude to the fullest extent. It is saying that no matter what, no matter what situation one is put in there is someone in this world that is worse off than you and it is right to be thankful and gratuitious for what you are given.

-“I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude”--Benjamin Disraeli -“Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude”--Confucius -“Good cheer is something more than faith in the future, it is gratitude for the past and joy in the present”
 * This quote means that one of the best feelings in the world is the feeling of gratitude.
 * This quote means that even though you never recieve the gratitude you deserve than, you should always be nice and kind.
 * A good cheer fo the futur will make the past grateful and the present really happy. Because the past will gratful for thier children will have happier lives while the present will be awaiting a happier futur.